| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from On Revenues by Xenophon: [27] Or, "full complement."
As a matter of fact, the state will receive much more than these
figures represent,[28] as any one here will bear me witness who can
remember what the dues[29] derived from slaves realised before the
troubles at Decelea.[30] Testimony to the same effect is borne by the
fact, that in spite of the countless number of human beings employed
in the silver mines within the whole period,[31] the mines present
exactly the same appearance to-day as they did within the recollection
of our forefathers.[32] And once more everything that is taking place
to-day tends to prove that, whatever the number of slaves employed,
you will never have more than the works can easily absorb. The miners
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Symposium by Xenophon: discussion), they . . ." Or read, after Hartman, "An. Xen." p.
242, {eken} (sc. {o logos}).
Surely I have good reason (he replied). The whole world knows my
business is to set them laughing, so when they are in luck's way, they
eagerly invite me to a share of it; but if ill betide them, helter-
skelter off they go, and never once turn back,[79] so fearful are they
I may set them laughing will he nill he.
[79] Plat. "Rep." 620 E; "Laws," 854 C.
Nic. Heavens! you have good reason to be proud; with me it is just the
opposite. When any of my friends are doing well, they take good care
to turn their backs on me,[80] but if ever it goes ill with them, they
The Symposium |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Man of Business by Honore de Balzac: language--"
"To the confusion of the debtor?" asked Malaga, lending an attentive
ear to this discourse.
"No, the confusion of rights of debtor and creditor, and pay yourself
through your own hands. So Claparon's innocence in merely issuing
writs of attachment eased the Count's mind. As he came back from the
Varietes with Antonia, he was so much the more taken with the idea of
selling the reading-room to pay off the last two thousand francs of
the purchase-money, because he did not care to have his name made
public as a partner in such a concern. So he adopted Antonia's plan.
Antonia wished to reach the higher ranks of her calling, with splendid
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